The Public Enemy
- Year: 1931
- Country of origin: USA
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Director: William A. Wellman
- Length: 83 min
- IMDb rating:
The cold-blooded hot-head whose guns roared across the ‘Decade of Death’!
Synopsis
The Public Enemy (1931) follows a streetwise youth who rises through the ranks of organized crime during the Prohibition era. As wealth and violence escalate alongside his ambition, loyalty erodes and consequences close in with brutal inevitability. This landmark crime drama blends raw realism and moral fatalism in a defining portrait of gangsterism and social decay.
Selected disc options for The Public Enemy
| Extras | Warner BD-ALL/US 2013 | Warner DVD-1/US/OOP 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Robert Sklar | has extra | has extra |
| Introduction by Leonard Maltin | has extra | has extra |
| Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public - With Martin Scorsese | has extra | has extra |
| Hearst Metrotone News: “Girl Stars Train for Olympics - Fair Sex Athletes Get Busy Under Mrs. Allen, Coach, in First Work-Outs at Pasadena, Cal.” | has extra | has extra |
| Re-Release Foreword | has extra | has extra |
| Theatrical Trailer | has extra | has extra |
| “Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!” | has extra | has extra |
| “The Eyes Have It” | has extra | has extra |
Notes
- Warner’s Blu-ray includes a trailer for Blonde Crazy (1931). It is also available in the “Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics” box set with Little Caesar (1931), The Petrified Forest (1936) and White Heat (1949).
- Warner’s DVD includes a trailer for Blonde Crazy (1931). It is also available in the “Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection” box set (2005/01/25; reissued as “Vol. 1” 2008/03/25) and in the “TCM Greatest Gangster Films Collection: Prohibition Era” box set (2010/09/07).
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